Prosecution of Felony Arrests, 1982: St. Louis (ICPSR 8705)

Principal Investigator(s):Abt Associates

Summary:

This data collection provides statistical information on how
prosecutors and the courts disposed of criminal cases involving adults
arrested for felony crimes in an individual urban jurisdiction, St.
Louis. The cases in the data file represent cases initiated in 1982,
defined as screened, or filed in 1982. The collection includes
disposition data on felonies for which an initial court charge was
filed (cases filed) and for those felony arrests that were ultimately
indicted or bound over to the f... (more info)

This data collection provides statistical information on how
prosecutors and the courts disposed of criminal cases involving adults
arrested for felony crimes in an individual urban jurisdiction, St.
Louis. The cases in the data file represent cases initiated in 1982,
defined as screened, or filed in 1982. The collection includes
disposition data on felonies for which an initial court charge was
filed (cases filed) and for those felony arrests that were ultimately
indicted or bound over to the felony court for disposition (cases
indicted). It does not include information on all felony arrests
declined for prosecution. It is, with a few exceptions, extracted from
the defendant, case, charge and sentence records.

Universe:
All information stored on a jurisdiction's PROMIS system
for felony cases initiated in 1982, cases initiated in 1981, and for
two or more years after 1982.

Data Types:
aggregate data

Data Collection Notes:

For reasons of confidentiality, the police department
identification number (PDID), the individual's true name (NAME), and
the circuit attorney's manual case file number (CASEJACK) have been
blanked. This is part of a larger three-part study.